Darlington Nuclear Generating Station

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Active reactors ( gross ):

The Darlington nuclear power plant is a Canadian nuclear power station in Clarington, Ontario. The power plant with four CANDU reactors has a gross capacity of 3740 MW.

The nuclear power plant was built in several phases 1981-1993 by the Canadian government operation Ontario Hydro. After the split of the company in April 1999, the company Ontario Power Generation ( OPG) newly established now continues the operation of the power plant.

Many residents of Ontario is the Darlington nuclear power plant by the massive cost overrun in memory. The initial estimated cost of 2.5 billion CAD ​​rose to completion at 14.4 billion CAD. Especially in election years the discussion about the responsibility for the costs still flares up occasionally.

There is speculation that two additional reactors to be built with a capacity of 700 MW at the site of the power plant. The reactors are to be of the CANDU -6.

Data of the reactor units

The Darlington nuclear power plant has a total of four blocks:

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